Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences Information Night

From Fairfax County Public Schools: 

Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences magnet program will have openings for qualified students in grades K through 6 for the 2011-12 school year. To be selected, students must be working on or above grade level in language arts and mathematics and must possess good citizenship and study skills. The magnet program weaves the arts, sciences, and technologies into all areas of the curriculum in order to stimulate and extend the educational potential of all students

Each year students are selected by a computer generated lottery. The number of students chosen varies from year to year according to the number of openings at each grade level. This is not determined until the actual time of the lottery. Students not selected for the lottery are placed on a wait list.

Applications will be available in all Fairfax County Public Schools beginning in January 2011, or can be downloaded from the Hunters Woods website at www.fcps.edu/HuntersWoodsES/. Applications must be completed and submitted to: Debbie Jones, Magnet Lottery, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax Ridge, 2nd Floor (2-131), 3877 Fairfax Ridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. Applications must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, March 1, 2011.

An information meeting will be held for parents at Hunters Woods on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at 7 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at 7 p.m.

For additional information, contact Diane Beers, parent liaison, Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences, 2401 Colts Neck Road, Reston, VA 20191, or 703-262-7405.